Category: Posts
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Thoughts on the Medicare Extra Proposal
The single payer movement is progressing nicely.
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Disability and Poverty for Adults in 2016
One in five poor adults had a serious disability in 2016.
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Efforts to Circumvent the SALT Cap Are Dumb
Liberal advocates are overcomplicating a fairly simple "problem."
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America's Bizarre Income Distribution for Children
The US middle class is tiny compared to the Nordic countries.
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US Children in Two-Parent Families Have High Poverty
It is not just single mothers that get penalized by the US system.
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The Rubio-Trump Plan Clearly Penalizes Parents
Moving punishments around does not make them disappear.
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New Andy Slavitt Project Apparently Rejects Obamacare
Medicare for all is the best way to achieve Slavitt's health policy goals.
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The Median Young Family Has Nearly Zero Wealth
Young families are worse off than they were 20 years ago.
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A Goofy Paid Leave Proposal That May Be Worth Cynical Support
The Shapiro-Biggs plan goes against the whole purpose of family benefits.
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How To Handle Real Estate With A Social Wealth Fund
Real estate investment trusts make it easy to socialize home ownership.
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Zamora, Bruenig, And Doing The Universal Basic Income Right
The legendary Max Sawicky weighs in on recent UBI debates.
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Medicaid Work Requirements May Be Illegal
The evidence shows work requirements do not serve a health purpose.
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The Norwegian State Owns Most Of The Country's Wealth
Norway is by far the most socialist country in the developed world.
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Small Business Promotion Is Mostly A Bad Idea
Small business employees get paid less and have fewer protections.
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A Few Bad Arguments Against Basic Income
A response to Daniel Zamora's UBI piece in Jacobin Magazine.
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Single Payer Could Stop The Rural Hospital Closure Crisis
Rural hospital closures accelerated after Obamacare passed.
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The Growing Problems With Rural Healthcare Exchanges
Market-based healthcare does not work in poorer, sicker, sparsely-populated areas.
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The State And Local Tax Deduction Is Bad Policy
The Republican tax bill is bad. But so is the SALT deduction it curtailed.
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Obamacare Failed The Survival Test. We Should Do Single Payer.
The individual mandate died and probably will not ever be revived.
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There Should Be A Universal Holiday Bonus
Not everyone gets a holiday bonus at work. We can fix that.
